*image by Ben Harubin

 

One man went hunting for a mythical creature, but it being mythical, he never found it.
...Now I want to make it clear; he went seriously looking for it. Just because it was
mythical didn't stop him from literally searching for it. He went looking for it,
and he was serious, and when he didn't find it he was serious about that too.
He was upset, disappointed, and discouraged over not finding a mythical creature,
and I mean he was seriously upset, disappointed, and discouraged.
(And don't ask me -- I promised not to give out his name.)

And now this program reminder:
I'm still (as always) talking about the mind and your belief in a "you."
And now on to the weather forecast and other more unbelievable stuff.

A stranger in the stranger business noted, "In the sense as applicable here,
you have no energy unless it is concentrated and focused."
What a business, a business whose slogan is "Business Is Our Only Progress."

Brief Course Reviews

Public Speaking 101:
If people are conscious only by their thoughts, you can talk to them and
make them feel either good or bad.

Public Speaking 201:
If people can get past being conscious only by their thoughts, and they will
still listen to you, you can still run 'em around in mad-dog circles.

Public Speaking 301:
If people can stop being conscious only by their thoughts, and also quit
paying any attention to other people, then you'd best pick another subject to major in.

"Daddy, is he still talking about the mind, no matter what it sounds like?"
"That's what he claims, son."
"Is there some way to be sure?"
"Probably so, but I figure if you could tell that right off you wouldn't be
concerned with it anyhow."
"Hmm...you know, that makes sense to me."
"It does?..."
Be a Big Brother, or at least a father or son to yourself.

One stranger taught a travel course which directed those interested to a
split in the road that most believed was headed toward great change and
new understanding, at which point you could attempt to achieve same
either by sticking yourself in the eye, or by running at yourself with your eye,
as forcefully as possible.
In either case, you're protected (according to the stranger's brochure) in
that you'll then be in a jurisdiction wherein suicide by one Siamese twin
is not in fact considered to be the actual death of another.

When he was a child his mother pinned a name tag on him that said, "I am Johnny."
Then when he was older his community affixed a note to him that declared, "You are
responsible." Then after he began to study himself from a certain view he pinned a note
on himself that read, "I am an idiot but trying to do better." And after more time passed
he changed the tag on him to state simply, "I am an idiot." Then after many years had gone by, the next time he was seen he was wearing a note pinned to him which read,
"I am Johnny."